Rail connection.



W. H. YERKES.

RAIL CONNECTION.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 13, 1908.

9%} ,575 Patented May 11, 1909.

' elun'r, Iusespliceliins 'imrl locking ineiuhers,

i r m inn) fill it [it 1 RAIL GONNECTIQN.

Specification of Letters. Patent.

Patented May 11,190

, Application filed July 13, 1908, Serial No. 541.32%.

To all wi'zom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, Wlnusn ll. i'inuiits, a citizen of the United States of i iinerica, rr siding; at Sherhlanville, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in-- nients in liail Connections, of which the following is a specification, reference being hacl bherein to the accoinpanyiinr drawing.

This invention relates to a rail connection, and the objects of my invention are, first, to n'ovirlc a novel chair for supporting the conlronling ends of two rails; second, to obviate the necessity of using a plurlility of holts and nuts as a fastening medium for joints of two rails; third, to provide a novel onncclion that can he easily and quickly asseinhlerl l'or iirnily holding the confrontin g enlls oi rails; and fourth, to provide simple and (llll'2ll l( rail connection that will prevent lateral and vertical displacement of the confronting enrls of "two rails l accomplish the above olriccts h}; proriciing a novel chair adapted to support the ezuls ol' mils. and in connection with tho these; glen-rents Being secured together upon eii'chsi'l f the rails. I 'llllillfitfliliCO strnction entering into my invention will he presently rlesrriheil and then specifically pointed out in the appen l- (ll claims. L

in the drawings: -l igure 'l is an einl View of in) rail connm-tion, Fig. 2 is a plan of the sam l l I) is a perspective view of one ofthe i hing members, and Fig. =1 is a [HZSPCP' lire \iev. of one ol' the splice luvs,

in Tin" ruwimpang'mg ilrau'i' llrill' lies siurnorlingq rails t. soul their confronting eiuls nrl ullf e oi the ties L I rne base I; oi the rails a, chair comprisin f u plate a Hull longitudinal vertical side nails 5 w urinating in upper hoolc-siiupcd edges (5. :1 connection with the chair .l. use splice liars 7, the splice burs resting upon the base llang'es anrl bracing the web portions and heads of said rails: The flange 8 of each splice liar is provide-:1 With a cen .rzil opcin in l, the object oi which will presently nppear.

For holding the splice hairs 7 in position, l use inching members, each member comprising an angle ha:- H, having the uni-tn edg rhereol' r-rrwhlml with a longitudinal enlargement in, uhich is cresccnt-slraped in cross-seciiun anal adapted to engage un tl(I' the hoolvshaperl upper edges 6 of the Esirlc walls .3. Theangle hars S" are'prowith central openings 1]. adapted to so aline wiih the openings 9 of the splice liars ,ven-terl certain new and useful ln1prove-l virleil 7 anrl passing through said openings are liolts 12, which extend between the confronting ends of the base flanges 3 and through openings 13 provided therefor in the l) so plate 47 T he bolts are retained in position by nuts 14 screwed upon'the lower ends of soul bolts. In order that iihe angle bars 9 will be firmly held in position, I drill the openings 11, 9 ainl toward the vertical axis oi lrhe rails, and in order that the nuts i l will obtain a firm purchase upon the lou cr face of the base plate 4, said hase plate is forineil with 1 iongituiiinnl recess having angular faces '75 right angles to the longitudinal axis-oi" the onenings I .l and 1.3. The upper lil i\'--$ll:ipl? l edges of the Walls 5 proviilnl ngitmlinal in cross section in approxiiuatcly 22F grees ol' a circlev arnl the longitudinal 911v lurgeinenis ill in. cross section coul'oini iii)- nroxiniairl Io ihe same number ol' tlGg'lFlB; .Vherel alter snlil enlargements nave been swung into the (Hlftri ii of the ills 5 will prevent, "VQIlZiC- Zli displacement of the lockingyiueinhers, assistin holilin said. members in engage; ment with the. splice bars 7 This arrange inent ol' the en I lost motion anrl provides a snug and tight joint, the eliicicncy ol which is-increas'ecl .liy' v u loarl upon the rails. The enlargemeiiie' '19, of {he lor-iah numbers are of greater-length,

than the z A eil 'iz-r the chair, nhereby the edges if the splice bars will hilirnily held iatooelii :Tlll o the chain My rail ronncclion winst-iucteil of strong and ilurrhle metal or nniterial. and While in 101 the drawings forming a part of this LPDllGi1- tion there iillustrated the pre-afernea eniborliinenls l iny invention, 1 would have it unileistoml that the elen'ients t-lierein can be varied or changed as to shape size, and 105" with the confronting ends of rails, of a. chair, sa'ni chair (omen-sine a hose plaie having 13 atv an inclination 7 grooves. ill conforming;

'oores lti the lioolvsliapcll $5 argements Nita-lies up all go e liars l) mini the hook-shaped g5 In a rail connection, the combination ticelly vertical walls for embracing the base flanges of said rails, said Walls terminating lllllOfllishaped upner edges having longituijliiml rooves, spice bars bracing the webs and lieads of said rails, said splice bars having central openings formed therein alining ver- With the confronting edges of said rails, locking members adapted to'engsge in the grooves of said hook-chirped edges for bracing said s lice bars, said members comprising sngle )ers having longitudinal crescent-shaped enlargements adapted to fit in said vertical Walls forembracing the base flanges of said rails, said Wclls'ternnnstmg 1n hookseid grooves, said angle bars having central openings formed therein :idripted to nline with the openings of said splice bars and with openings formed in said base plate, bolts, extending through said openings, and nuts screwed upon the lower ends of said bolts, substantially-as described. y

it in e rail connection, the combination with the confronting ends of rails, ofe chair, chair cdmprising a base plate having shaped upper edges having longitudinal ticelly with the confronting edges or said rails, locking members eds )ted to engage in the grooves of said hook-shaped edges for bracing said s )llCO bars, said members comprising angle lmrs having longitudinal crescent-shaped enlargements adapted to fit in said grooves, seidgmglebnrs having central openings formed therein elicited to aline with the openings of said s lice bars and with openings formed in said 218G plate, and means for locking said members, splice bars and chair together upon the confronting ends of said rails.

In testimony whereof I sffix my signature in the presenceof two Witnessesv I WILMER H. YERKES. l'l' itnessesr I MAX H. SRoLovIrz, K. H. BUTLER 

